The Best and The Worse - Morrowind

Post » Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:17 pm

This would have been done before, so I apoligise beforehand,



What is the best and worse quest, in your opinion? What is the best and worse character? The best and worse enemy? The best and worse game feature / concept / faction? etc.



It would be interesting to know what your opinions are on this, as Morrowind is such a diverse game and I am sure that opinions will differ on most of these questions.



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Toby Green
 
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Post » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:16 pm

A quest I didn't like is probably one I don't remember... most likely one of the escort quests because the pathfinding and speed of the characters svckS. So I'll just pick on http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:The_Runaway_Slave because the escortee is so far away from the destination. Favorite is similarly difficult to pick... if I'm focusing on miscellaneous quests then I might go with http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:The_Sad_Sorcerer simply because it was so interesting when I first stumbled upon it.



There is no "worst" character in my opinion. If they had significant development, even if I didn't like the character, then I was still happy that they had been developed. With that said, I never got very attached to any of the characters in Bloodmoon for some reason... not sure why that is. The writing was a bit different. Favorite character? That's also kinda difficult since I like a lot of characters in Morrowind. I always liked http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Dram_Bero. He was supportive and wasn't afraid to ruffle some feathers. And he lived in a hidden home underneath an abandoned house that he purposely spread rumors about being haunted because he didn't want to be disturbed/assassinated.



Best enemy? In what way? I don't know. I always find skeletons enjoyable to kill for some reason. Better in later games though because they explode apart. Worst enemy is by far the Greater Bonewalker. F**k that damage strength curse.

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Post » Tue Jan 19, 2016 4:47 pm




I allowed 'best' to be interpreted differently - My definition of best is "Most enjoyable to kill" - for example; Cliff Racers are possibly my worse


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Post » Tue Jan 19, 2016 9:33 am


Best Character: Sotha Sil/Divayth Fyr/Vivec... Yeah can't decide between those three, but they're... Amazing characters.


Best Quest: Everything about the main quest, saying anything beyond that is spoiler territory.


Best Faction: Great House Telvanni.


Best Enemy: Definitely Fabricants.


Best Feature: Torn between Vivec's city design, the designs of Telvanni settlements, and the three Great Houses.


Best Concept: Corprus Disease and how fascinatingly horrible it is.



Worst Character: There's characters I'd hate if they were real life people- IE slavers, and some stock characters who aren't very interesting but... I can't really think of a character that makes Morrowind a less interesting less entertaining place to be.


Worst Quest: I'm pulling blanks here... I guess the quests where you have to escort clumsy NPCs that easily get stuck through lots of terrain.


Worst Faction: I see Great House Hlaalu as the most boring of the three Great Houses... I don't dislike any Morrowind faction though, I like the vast variety of all of Morrowind's factions.


Worst Enemy: I guess... Bonewalkers since they damage strength- and zero strength renders you immobile? I don't dislike any enemy though.


Worst Feature: Having permanently stunted health unless you max out Endurance asap. Being literally unable to move if your strength hits zero... Both those things.


Worst Concept: I guess that... The game has saber swords but that they only come in Iron and Steel... An interesting weapon, but the fact it doesn't come in dwemer or ebony or glass or daedric quality comes across as a bad concept I suppose.

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Post » Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:44 pm



Thanks!
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Alexandra Ryan
 
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Post » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:48 am

I am going to substitute the word "favorite" for the word "best" and the words "least favorite" for the word "worst."


Favorite quest

My favorite single quest is "Fargoth's Hiding Place." It always tickles me, no matter how many times I do it. I love spying on Fargoth from the Lighthouse. That is one of the most clever quests in the game, in my opinion. I would put it in my personal "Top 20 Bethesda Quests" list. Honorable mention goes to "Hentus Needs Pants."


As far as quest lines go, I like the main quest. It is the only genuinely good main quest Bethesda has ever written, in my opinion. Thirteen years later I still am uncertain whether my character was actually the Nerevarine or whether she was merely an impostor who was being used for political gain. Fantastic writing.


Favorite character

Dagoth Ur. He's the only antagonist in a Bethesda game whose motives are understandable to me. The antagonists in the other just seem to be menacing Tamriel because the plot demands conflict. I could almost sympathize with Dagoth Ur in some ways, and I think that makes for a good "villain."


Favorite enemy

Skeletons. Skeletons are an RPG classic. I never tire of sword-wielding skeletons. Or bow-wielding skeletons. Or any skeletons. As long as they're skeletons and I have to fight them, I'm fine.


Favorite game feature

Chance of failure. I love the idea that my character might fail at casting a spell, fail at making a potion, fail at connecting with a sword. The fact that this is based on my character's skill and not my own makes my character feel more real to me.


Favorite concept

The non-linear, open-world approach that is standard in this series. This is probably the main thing that made me love Morrowind (and the series itself). After playing Morrowind back in 2002 I found I couldn't go back to Bioware-style linear, story-based games with game worlds that feel like they take place in large rooms and corridors.


Favorite faction

Tribunal Temple. It's one of the few factions in an Elder Scrolls game that isn't centered merely around killing things. We spend a lot of time curing people of diseases, recovering artifacts, feeding hungry people. It is a refreshing change from the usual adolescent "kill this, kill that" approach most RPG quests (and especially Bethesda quests) force on us. I loved doing the pilgrimage quests.


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Least favorite quest

"The Runaway Slave." It's a real pain to escort Reeh-Jah from the Molag Amur region down to Ebonheart. A real pain.


Least favorite character

Sellus Gravius. Everything about this guy rubs me the wrong way. I don't like Imperials to begin with and I especially don't care for officious authority figures.


Least favorite enemy

Cliff Racers. It's the sound. It's everywhere you go. They might be miles away or they might be right on top of you. You have to stop what you';re doing an find out if you're about to be attacked or if they're too far away to notice you. They're everywhere, so you have to do it again...and again...and again...and again...


Least favorite game feature

The fact that the NPCs stand in the same place all day and all night. This was one of the big criticisms Daggerfall fans made of Morrowind when I got here, and for once I agree with them.


Least favorite concept

Leveling. New enemies stop appearing at about level 22. I don't know what they were thinking with this. It must never have occurred to anybody at Bethesda that some of us might actually play our characters past level 25. For all its problems I think Oblivion's enemy level-scaling was an improvement.


Least favorite faction

Imperial Legion. I don't like Imperials and I don't like the Empire. I can't bring myself to do this quest line.
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Post » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:02 am

Best Character: Crassius Curio. Uncle is an outrageous flirt.


Worst Character: Viatrix Petilia. Of all the people I escort, she's the least appealing. It's amazing how often I let her get killed as soon as she reaches her destination.



Best game feature: the world they created. I love how the different regions have their own character; the animals, vegetation, the way the screen fills in detail as you approach something, the architecture...


Worst game feature: You have to kill the boss to reach the top in many factions. Although I have a few other pet peeves...



Best questline: main quest, hands down.


Worst questline: being an almoner for the Imperial Cult.

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Post » Tue Jan 19, 2016 4:27 pm



Ah , c'mon ;) it's is doing good in a non destructive way :)
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Post » Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:10 am

Best Character : Caius Cosades. I like how Bethesda managed to give him a personality of some sort with just good, simple dialogue lines and one of the few nice vanilla faces.They made a convincing undercover agent without having to resort to silly, over-the-top features.



Worst Character: I can't really think of any. At worse, they are unmemorable. I never understood what was the fuss about Fargoth.



Best Quest : Tenim's Bounty, in the Fighters Guild's questline. Although to be fair, it's mostly a matter of good dungeon design.


The pilgrimage of the Grace of Courtesy is also well-designed.



Worst Quest : The Ritual of the Stones in Bloodmoon's MQ. Feels completely nonsensical and silly.



Best enemy : Dagoth Ur. Seriously, in how many other RPGs does the final boss asks you, the player, about your motives ?



Worst enemy: Spriggans and Riding Rieklings. These sounds, damnit.

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Post » Tue Jan 19, 2016 7:15 pm

Worst quest for me is the Pilgrim's path. I know a lot of people here said they enjoy it a lot but I just find that it's ridiculously tedious and demanding for an entry quest. Most entry quests ask you to kill some rats, collect some mushrooms, investigate some mine, etc... The pilgrim's path makes you trek to some dangerous and risky places.



Best quest for me is retrieving the Bone Biter bow from the Urshilaku burial ground. I always get lost trying to get there and I just love that place in general.



I don't have a worst character. There is a lot of useless, generic characters who just blend in.



My best character is definitely Crassius Curio. He represents this weird, humorous side that Morrowind never gets to be.



Worst mechanic is easily combat. Chance-based attack is nice for a pen/paper. Not practical when you're playing an FPS-RPG hybrid though.



Best Mechanic is probably levitation. Aside from the cool-factor and being convenient for getting over those tall hills, level design was also created with levitation in mind. This really amplified the rewards for exploring.

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Post » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:42 am

Still thinking of my list. Or not quite. Not really even thinking it. Let's see if I'll post anything at all. I tend to get stuck and undecided with "best/favorite character" and "best/favorite quest" already. :P So many great options to choose from... But this is something I feel like commenting:



I get your point, I find it a bit tedious as well. But somehow, at the same time, I feel it has a great slap-in-the-face, welcome-to-the-big-leagues-new player factor in it. :D They really test you if you've got what it takes to become a real faction member here! After all, patience is a virtue, and http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Silent_Pilgrimage. ;)

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Post » Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:48 pm


I hate that quest too! :laugh:



You're right though. If you're really a devout follower of the Tribunal temple, you will take the pilgrim's path out of pure faith.

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Post » Tue Jan 19, 2016 7:15 pm

I'll start with the worst things... *deep breath*



I think worst enemy is a no brainer i think everyone can figure it out *cough* Cliff racers *Cough !* I mean look. lalala im walking to ald'ruhn and then teh combat music starts playing



me- What the ?? What is it noaw ? >: (



I look around and i see no shalk, nixhound or kwawa, BOOM !



Cliffracer- CRAAAA !



Me- AHHH ! DAMN YOUUUU !



You see where im coming from ? How is that not the worst enemy ? Cliff racers make walking a helpless wonder thru morrowind. ESO did it right and made them non-hostile that was something Zenimax did the rightthing. Vivec bless they're daedra hearts man <3 And good job Jiub you saved the world from the tyranny of the cliff racers you are my favorite Saint.



Worst quest must be (atleast to my experience) main quest ashlander walk-to-walk when you have to go to every little ashlander camp and tell them


Me -Hey im the nerevar


Leader- No your not you stupid outlander


me- :( so harsh damn


Leader - Please continue, my good sir. and get do this thing >: ( . AND NO QUESTIONS UNTIL LATER !



There's a reason why there is a spell called vivec's tears and its made to use everytime you feel sad in morrowind : ( gets the blighted feeling out of your system.



Worst character



Lets just say



Worst concept is Hmmm... OH ! I know, cliff racers - _ - like why..? Why would they make a.. a thing like that ? its a abomination.



Worst faction. Comonna tong.



Just a bunch of racist's who dont like furry cat men and the cute argonian character models of morrowind.



Game feature oh man lets see



I cant think of a -con but i can think of a +pro



So best game concept. The freedom to make any enchanted weird item you want ! If you want a ring that constantly marks your postion sure go ahead make that ring ! Want a a pare of slippers infused with a soul of a god who its in a temple all day sure go ahead make that item that gives you telekanisis 4 ever sure.



Best enemy



Gaenor imagine my shock when i payed 30 000 gold to a wood elf only to find him with full ebony gear and really hard to kill because of his overused abbuse of player.setluck->


Yes gaenor i know your secret to your 770 luck... i know..



Best quest



Lets all be honest why all are guilty of laughing to Crassius Curio and his comments "good job dumbling" So i wont choose one. oh no i'll choose just questing for Uncle Crassius



Best character



Crassius Curio oh yes that bi-sixual hlaalu fellow i love him. Every time i have to undress EVEN THE RINGS ! i just smirk to the thought of his toughts as he says "Comon dumpling dont be shy. Just do this one little favor for Uncle Crassius ;)" i'm just giggling xD



Best concept.



I dont know.

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Jon O
 
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Post » Tue Jan 19, 2016 6:55 pm

YES ! SOMEONE AGREES WITH ME : DDD

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